28th November in wartime Northern Ireland

On 28th November 1942, British forces near Omagh, Co. Tyrone carried out an exercise salvaging a Bristol Beaufighter on a pair of Bailey Bridges on the Strule.

An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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An exercise using a pair of Bailey Bridges constructed by Royal Engineers showed how to salvage a plane - in this case a Bristol Beaufighter - over the River Strule near Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
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